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§ 132‑6.2. Provisions for copies of public records; fees.
(a) Persons requesting copies of public records may elect to obtain them in any and all media in which the public agency is capable of providing them. No request for copies of public records in a particular medium shall be denied on the grounds that the custodian has made or prefers to make the public records available in another medium. The public agency may assess different fees for different media as prescribed by law.
(b) Persons requesting copies of public records may request that the copies be certified or uncertified. The fees for certifying copies of public records shall be as provided by law. Except as otherwise provided by law, no public agency shall charge a fee for an uncertified copy of a public record that exceeds the actual cost to the public agency of making the copy. For purposes of this subsection, "actual cost" is limited to direct, chargeable costs related to the reproduction of a public record as determined by generally accepted accounting principles and does not include costs that would have been incurred by the public agency if a request to reproduce a public record had not been made. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, if the request is such as to require extensive use of information technology resources or extensive clerical or supervisory assistance by personnel of the agency involved, or if producing the record in the medium requested results in a greater use of information technology resources than that established by the agency for reproduction of the volume of information requested, then the agency may charge, in addition to the actual cost of duplication, a special service charge, which shall be reasonable and shall be based on the actual cost incurred for such extensive use of information technology resources or the labor costs of the personnel providing the services, or for a greater use of information technology resources that is actually incurred by the agency or attributable to the agency. If anyone requesting public information from any public agency is charged a fee that the requester believes to be unfair or unreasonable, the requester may ask the State Chief Information Officer or his designee to mediate the dispute.
(c) Persons requesting copies of computer databases may be required to make or submit such requests in writing. Custodians of public records shall respond to all such requests as promptly as possible. If the request is granted, the copies shall be provided as soon as reasonably possible. If the request is denied, the denial shall be accompanied by an explanation of the basis for the denial. If asked to do so, the person denying the request shall, as promptly as possible, reduce the explanation for the denial to writing.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a public agency to respond to requests for copies of public records outside of its usual business hours.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a public agency to respond to a request for a copy of a public record by creating or compiling a record that does not exist. If a public agency, as a service to the requester, voluntarily elects to create or compile a record, it may negotiate a reasonable charge for the service with the requester. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a public agency to put into electronic medium a record that is not kept in electronic medium. (1995, c. 388, s. 3; 2004‑129, s. 38.)

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With new water recycling technology powered by GE, two Texas power plants will be able to recycle more than 98 percent of wastewater and eliminate wastewater discharge to drought-ridden areas.
GE's zero liquid discharge (ZLD) wastewater treatment technology will be installed at two new 758-megawatt natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle power plants in Texas. In recent years, Texas has been experiencing a drought and by using GE's ZLD technology, the two power plants, located in Sherman and Temple, will be able to reduce incoming water needs by recycling and reusing more than 98 percent of its own cooling tower wastewater.
Once commissioned, the Temple Power Plant, located in Bell County, will use treated water from a nearby wastewater treatment plant, and the Sherman Power Plant, located in Grayson County, will use Lake Texoma as its cooling water source. GE's ZLD systems will treat 450 gallons per minute of water for each power plant, more than 98 percent of which can then be reused in the process, reducing the amount of new water needed from the original sources. Panda Power Funds owns the two power plants and Bechtel will serve as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor.
GE's brine concentrator and ZLD crystallizer technology were selected for the Sherman and Temple power plants based on a proven record of reliability, performance, high-quality materials and modularization, as well as GE's ability to meet the demanding schedule and reliability requirements for both Sherman and Temple.
Specifically, GE will provide a brine concentrator and crystallizer for the Sherman Power Plant and a brine concentrator for the Temple Power Plant. Panda expects both power plants to begin commercial operation by the end of 2014.
When complete, the Temple Power Plant will provide electricity for approximately 750,000 homes in the Central Texas area and the Sherman Power Plant will supply the power needs for approximately 750,000 homes in the North Texas area.
"Energy and water are two of the world's most precious resources, and they are interdependent; energy is needed to produce water, and water is needed to produce energy. GE's zero liquid discharge technology will enable these two power plants to reuse at least 98 percent of water, which is crucial in a region plagued by drought," said Yuvbir Singh, general manager, engineered systems—water and process technologies for GE Power & Water.
This free educational webinar will provide a detailed process for climate-driven "pre-response" in a variety of key areas including: Supply Chain Disruptions, Employee Safety and Productivity, Regulatory and Compliance Risks …and many more areas.


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I've recently purchased a Panasonic SD-100 HD video camera that records onto SDHC cards, there are plenty of reviews of it around the web, so I won't repeat what they have to say but it really is a superb HD video camera, small, lightweight, good battery life and the picture quality far exceeds my expectations.
I have 2x4GB SDHC cards which each hold around 40mins on the highest quality setting, when they get full I normally just open iMovie 08 and import all the footage before wiping the card. The problem is, I sometimes do this on my MacBook Air and was shocked to find a warning saying I was low on disk space on the Air. I had 10GB free before I started importing 4GB of video but I didn't realise that iMovie 08 un-packs all the video from the video camera's compressed format so the 4GB ends up being ~16GB+. Importing the video on my MacBook Air is also quite a slow process, on my Mac Pro it's not too slow but I needed a solution to copying the card contents whilst on the road in order to free up the space on the card.
Continue reading "Backing up raw AVCHD video from SDHC cards to disk image"


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Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found some great articles on inexpensive powerhouse foods, how to make money selling your stuff, and springing into summer vacation savings.
7 Inexpensive Powerhouse Foods to Add to Your Diet for National Nutrition Month — Add bananas and beets to your diet for National Nutrition Month. [PT Money]
How To Make Money Selling Your Crap — If you want to make money selling your stuff, try using consignment stores or eBay. [And Then We Saved]
Spring into summer vacation savings now — To save on your summer travel, don't forget about your memberships and affiliations. [Living on the Cheap]
How Many Wears Before You Need to Wash — Wash your sportswear after every use and your jeans after five to six wears. [PopSugar Smart Living]
7 Saving Habits To Start Now — When you buy something at a discount, save the difference! [Not Made of Money]
Why Frugality Matters — Frugality matters because by cutting your unnecessary expenses you can pay down your debt or save more. [The Simple Dollar]
Saving Money In Las Vegas — One of the biggest ways to save money in Las Vegas is to not gamble. [Yes, I Am Cheap]
How Rich People Think — Wealthy people focus on earning money whereas middle class people focus on saving. [Budgets Are Sexy]
Biggest Challenges to Retirement, Part 2 — Estate planning decisions can be one of the biggest challenges to retirement. [Free Money Finance]
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What to Know
- There have never been documented cases of Zika transmitted from a woman to a man until the CDC's findings announced Friday
- There have been 310 confirmed cases of Zika in New York City
- The species of mosquito most commonly associated with Zika's spread hasn't been found in the tri-state, but a similar species lives here.
The first documented case of the Zika virus transmitted by sexual contact from a woman to a man was reported in New York City, the Centers for Disease Control announced Friday.
The finding is the first time the CDC has documented the illness being spread from a woman to a man. All prior cases of sexually-transmitted Zika involved a man who infected a woman, according to the CDC.
The Zika virus causes only a mild illness, at worst, in most people. But infection during pregnancy can lead to severe brain-related birth defects for the fetus. The New York woman was not pregnant.
While this is the first documented case of a woman spreading Zika through sex, health experts say it is not surprising because most diseases that can be spread through sex can be spread by both men and women. It has likely been happening throughout the recent Zika outbreaks in Brazil, Latin America and elsewhere, though experts say it is probably not very common.
On the day the New York woman returned from a trip to a Zika-infected country, she had vaginal sex with her partner, without a condom, health officials were told.
She went to her doctor three days after her return, after developing common Zika symptoms such as fever, fatigue, rash and back pain. Tests showed Zika infection.
Seven days after they'd had sex, her male partner developed similar symptoms. Two days later, he went to the same doctor. The doctor tested him even though he hadn't traveled from a Zika outbreak area and no cases of female-to-male transmission had been reported. He tested positive for Zika.
They both are in their 20s, but no other details about them were released, including where the woman traveled or when the infection started. Both have recovered, a CDC official said.
The woman began menstruating the day after they had sex. Health official say she may have spread the virus through vaginal fluid or menstrual blood.
The primary concern about Zika infection is the virus's threat to pregnancies, and health officials have issued cautions to pregnant women who have a male sex partner who may have been infected.
Male-to-female transmission is considered far more likely than the other way around, experts said. One reason is that Zika virus has been found to linger in semen for more than two months, but is thought to stay in vaginal fluid no more than two weeks, said Dr. John T. Brooks, a CDC expert on sexually-transmitted diseases who is part of the agency's Zika response team.
The case likely does not complicate efforts to fight the virus or show an important additional pathway for transmission, Brooks said, because female-to-male transmission is relatively difficult.
In the New York case, for example, several factors lined up to allow the disease to spread. The couple had sex just before the woman developed symptoms, a time when the amount of virus in her body may have been particularly high. They had sex just before her period started, so there may have been a small amount of early bleeding. And the man was uncircumcised, and uncircumcised men are considered at higher risk of catching sexually transmitted diseases.
The news comes two days after the city Health Department announced there have been 310 confirmed cases of Zika in the five boroughs, including 36 women who were pregnant at the time of infection.
Nationwide, more than 1,300 people in all 50 states and Washington have been diagnosed with Zika. At least 14 of the patients came down with the illness through sexual contact; all of the others contracted Zika while in another country.
Zika has been linked to microcephaly, a condition in which a newborn's brain is underdeveloped and the head is abnormally small. In addition to sexual contact, the virus is spread through specific species of mosquitoes.
The mosquito species most commonly associated with Zika's spread is not found in the tri-state, but a similar species that scientists think could transmit the disease inhabits the area.
New York City health officials have said they've been monitoring populations of the insect and applying pesticides to keep mosquito-borne diseases like Zika at bay.
All pregnant women with sex partners who travel to or live in Zika-stricken areas should use barrier-based contraception, such as a condom, according to the CDC. The recommendation now also includes women who have sex with women, even though there have been no documented woman-to-woman transmissions.


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Fusion Reactions
Nuclear fusion is a process where two or more nuclei combine to form an element with a higher atomic number (more protons in the nucleus). Fusion is the reverse process of nuclear fission. Fusion reactions power the Sun and other stars.
Fusion releases energy. The energy released is related to Einstein's famous equation, E=mc2.
For a fusion reaction to occur it is necessary to bring the nuclei so close together that nuclear forces become important and "glue" the nuclei together. The nuclear force only acts over incredibly small distances and has to counteract the electrostatic force where the positively charged nuclei repel each other. For these reasons fusion most easily occurs in a high density, high temperature environment.
On Earth, nuclear fusion was first reached in the explosion of the Hydrogen bomb. In a non-desctructive manner, fusion has also been reached in different experimental devices aimed at studying the possibility of producing energy in a controlled fashion.


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2007: A year for development news
This year marked a turning point across Western North Carolina when it comes to political will and the development industry.
In mountain towns and counties across the region, many local leaders took steps for the first time to demand a more responsible and reasonable approach to development.
It has taken a couple of years for the political will to catch up with public perception. The majority voice was staunchly against regulation just a scant decade ago. But within the past few years, that has changed. Mountainside development had grown to the point that people no longer liked what they saw.
Local politicians were still gun shy about laying down rules that would provide a modicum of protection from those developers who weren't doing the right thing on their own. Until 2007 that is.
The Smoky Mountain News covered issues of development more than any other issue this year — and more than any other newspaper in WNC. Here is a round-up of how development issues played out in our communities.
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Jackson County
Jackson County led the charge with a six-month moratorium on new subdivisions. The county was in the midst of writing what would eventually become the toughest set of development regulations in the state. County leaders feared a flood of developers would try to launch subdivisions before the new rules went into effect.
Meanwhile, Jackson County planners were busy writing a model ordinance. To name a few of the requirements — it regulated the density of homes on steep slopes, ensured tracts of open space within large developments, prevented excessive razing of trees for views, and limited the area on a lot that can be disturbed.
While developers and those in the real estate industry criticized the regulations as stifling, the public at large seemed to welcome the check on the free-for-all climate of development. The only true measure will be whether the commissioners get voted out in 2008.
Also in Jackson County, commissioners are pursuing a growth plan for the U.S 441 corridor at the entrance to Cherokee. This spot land-use plan of sorts will prevent the corridor from turning into an unsightly commercial strip. Commissioners were inspired to take such proactive steps in the face of sewer lines coming to the area, which could open up the corridor to intensive commerical development.
Haywood County
Haywood County implemented a slope development ordinance that lays out engineering standards for steep slope construction. Haywood became the first county in the region to employ a county engineer charged with overseeing contractors developing steep slopes. Haywood County already had a subdivision ordinance.
Swain County
Swain County commissioners made their first foray into planning. They appointed the county's first-ever planning board and set them to work writing the county's first ever development regulations. The regulations would require developers to register their subdivision plans with the county — something not currently required. The regulations would also govern the slope and width of mountainside roads for safety.
Talk about public sentiment for planning. The county got 36 applications from people wanting to be on the planning board. The ordinance suffered a temporary setback this month when the development and real estate industry turned out in large numbers at a public hearing on the new road regulations, prompting commissioners to postpone their passage.
Macon County
Macon County commissioners enacted a moratorium on development in the floodplain. A developer was planning a high-density RV park on the banks of Cartoogechaye Creek, and the county wanted to hold him off while it developed regulations for floodplain development, a process still underway.
Macon County commissioners also passed an ordinance governing high-rises. It was inspired by the threat of a high-rise condo development outside Highlands that angered residents.
The Macon County planning board spent the year writing a development ordinance governing subdivisions that will come before the county commissioners for approval next year.
Towns get in on the act
Towns have been busy tackling development issues of their own. For towns, the top issue isn't mountainside development. Instead, it is finding a way to preserve their quaint and charming character in the face of growing commercial development. Typically, that means writing regulations that require things like trees in parking lots and avoiding the cookie-cutter appearance of chain stores.
Here's what our towns are doing:
• The town of Franklin passed a brand new land-use plan. It lay outs out different development standards for different districts of town, forcing growth to blend with the existing district. The cornerstone of the ordinance requires large-scale commercial developments to seek a special permit, allowing town leaders the opportunity to impose whatever guidelines they feel are necessary to make the development compatible with the community.
• The town of Bryson City is writing its first-ever land-use plan. We don't know much about this yet, but it's bound to be better than nothing, which is what the town has now.
• The town of Maggie Valley is writing a new land-use plan. It trades in the old paradigm of organizing growth simply based on whether it is commercial or residential, and instead focuses on creating distinct districts, from a gateway district to a downtown district to mixed-used districts where commercial interfaces with residential.
• The town of Sylva held joint workshops with the planning board and town board to chart governing philosophies for a new land-use plan, although work has not yet started on it.


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Never before has the world seen such a Princess.
Nor have her own subjects, for that matter. But Genovian politics are nothing next to Mia's real troubles. Between canceled dates with her long-sought-after royal consort, a second semester of the dreaded Algebra, more princess lessons from Grandm?re, and the inability to stop gnawing on her fingernails, isn't there anything Mia is good at besides inheriting an unwanted royal title?


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I'm moving from a warm climate (Florida) to a colder one (Washington). Are there any preparations that need to be done for my car?
Vehicle: Suzuki Vitara 2004
Note: I am not driving to FL to WA, I just want to know if the car needs special conditioning to prepare for the colder climate.


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by Clay Barham
What two functions do each of us have that always says we are an individual? It is our mind and our mouth, what we think and what we say. No one can take that away from us. No one can punish us for the thoughts we entertain and how we express them. However, they can try and always have. What are the two most dangerous threats to any dictator? What we think and what we tell others about what we think.
The mind and mouth of the slave are two things that a dictator can never be sure of from anyone they rule. Fear is their only weapon of choice. Fear of retribution, once thought is discovered, is the only way to keep the mind and mouth in check.
In America, following its war of independence and its three constitutions, several of our "Founders†believed it necessary to chain the third constitution down with words that were simple and more forceful to preserve individual freedom. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison demanded a Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the newly ratified Federal Constitution.
The first of those ten amendments dealt specifically with the mind and the mouth, with our thoughts and how we express those thoughts. They felt it was not sufficiently nailed down for posterity to prevent political interference with thought and speech. Here it is, just as it was agreed early in the life of our Constitution, which established a small, limited, well defined central government. It was the first of ten to prevent tampering with liberty for the benefit of a few over the many, as is done today.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
To the freedom of the mind and the mouth they added the right to share with others and express to government, what they were thinking and saying, without fear of reprisal by government. In doing that, it expresses what was in the founder's minds as to their distrust of the new government, as borne out today. The boisterous 2009 Town Hall meetings, on the issue of national health care, demonstrated the view of the people running the government as critical of the citizens speaking out against their legislative proposals. Their terms to describe those objecting, make their minds and mouths appear criminal.
Why, after the convention delegates spent four hot months shaping a new constitution, would these men go a step further in limiting the constitution as they did? They knew, without these plain, simple, forceful words, the politician would have found a backdoor and route to tyranny, as they are doing today while ignoring the constitution. It happened before the ink on the constitution was dry, with the passing and enforcement of the Alien and Sedition Acts.
It took a new rebellion in 1800, when the Federalists were tossed out of office and Thomas Jefferson was elected President. What glorious foresight he and Madison demonstrated fighting for a Bill of Rights. The First Amendment declared religion and its participation the first right, which is the right of thought. The following rights involved how we expressed our thoughts. All the rights in this amendment define the individual as the principle, not the community.
America prospered because of minds and mouths that were free. Men and women were free to think, to conceive, to believe and to achieve what they believed, and they prospered. As they prospered, their families prospered. As their families prospered, so did their communities.
Reflecting individual freedom and the supremacy of legitimate individual self-interests, when compared to the interests of the community, this amendment protects for each individual the right to think thoughts from his own mind, practice his or her own religion, to go to church, speak openly on the concepts of his beliefs and thoughts, print notices in the paper, or print his own paper, to gather with a group of like minded people and to tell elected and appointed officials in government what he thinks.
The present American government is just one step behind arresting and prosecuting people who complain about the wrongs committed by arrogant bureaucrats.
Clay Barham [send him email] has been a candidate for the California legislature and a stand-in talk show host for ABC. He was educated in physical and behavioral sciences, with a Ph.D. in sociology. He is the author of five books, including Foundations of Modern American Conservatism and Liberalism: The Roots of Freedom and Tyranny.  His latest is The Changing Face of Democrats: Libertarian Roots Lost.  Visit his website at http://www.claysamerica.com/.


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October 2, 2012
Santiago, Chile
Here are a few interesting tidbits to chew on:
1) In the land of the free, there are now more than 760 incarcerated inmates for every 100,000 citizens. This is more than 5x the 1980 average, and it far surpasses the number (560 per 100,000) that Stalin threw in the Gulag at the peak of Soviet terror.
2) Apparently, Americans are getting more interested in snitching on each other. According to Google Trends, internet searches for terms such as "IRS reward" (and related keywords) have exploded since 2008, and especially this year.
3) Last month, a school district in California sold $164 million worth of bonds at 12.6% interest; this is more than Pakistan, Botswana, and Ecuador pay in the international bond market.
4) Based on the Treasury's most recent statistics, US government interest payments to China will total at least $26.055 billion this year. The real figure may be much higher given that China has been purchased Treasuries for decades, back when interest rates were much higher. They're still getting paid on those higher rates today.
Even still, this year's interest payment to China totals more than ALL the silver that was mined in the world last year.
5) In August 2008, just before the Lehman Brothers collapse, the number of employed persons in the United States was 145.47 million persons. Over the subsequent years, the employment figure dipped to as low as 139.27 million. Today it stands at 142.1 million.
Even if this is considered recovery, to 'rescue' those 2.8 million jobs, it took the federal government an additional $6.421 trillion worth of debt ($2.3 million per job), and a $1.9 trillion (203%) expansion of the Federal Reserve balance sheet.
6) Meanwhile, despite trillions of euros in debt and bailouts, the unemployment rate in the eurozone just hit a record high of 11.4%… and a second Spanish bailout is now imminent.
7) Inflation in Zimbabwe (3.63%) is lower than inflation in the UK (3.66%, August 2011-July 2012).
8) Last week, the French government reached a 'historic' budget compromise, shooting for a budget deficit that's 'only' 3% of GDP. This is based on an assumption that the economy will grow by 0.8%.
In other words, France's official public debt (which is already at 91% of GDP) will increase by 2.2% of GDP next year amid flat growth. And this is what these people consider progress.


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Verification of known formulas and reactions
Due to the knowledge of the PRIMORDIAL ALLATRA PHYSICS, it is possible today to verify different reactions and formulas by the easy and available means, without resorting to costly experiments, basically, as the same way these calculations were conducted in ancient times. Having this information, it is possible to compute any reaction, for example, of the nuclear disintegration or fusion, to identify inconsistencies and find the right solution. Let us consider the available and understandable example of such calculation, using the knowledge about the quantitative composition of the phantom Po particles in the currently known elementary particles.
First, let's make a little journey into the basics of modern nuclear physics. As a result of development of modern science we got a lot of indirect evidence of complex structure of atomic nucleus and we got an understanding of common nature of structural elements of all known atoms. The nucleus of the atom turned out to be strong enough, well protected against external influences with the electron shell of an atom. It was found out that the pressure up to the thousands of atmospheres deforms the outer electron shell only to a slight extent. Moreover, heating to several thousand degrees results in only partial ionization of an atom. The same partial ionization is observed in the electric discharge at voltages in the tens or hundreds of thousands of volts. Visible radiation affects only the outer electrons. Even X-rays, that are more tight, while working on the inner shell electrons, possess quantum energy that is usually insufficient to affect the nucleus.
(References: Зисман Г.А., Тодес О.М. Курс общей физики. Том III. Оптика. Физика атомов и молекул. Физика атомного ядра и микрочастиц (4-е издание). [Zisman, G.A., Todes, O.M. Course of General Physics. Vol. 3. Optics. Physics of atoms and molecules. Physics of atomic nucleus and micro particles (4th edition)]Moscow: Nauka, 1970 [In Russian]).
In order to understand the structure of the nucleus, so to say to "look inside" the atom, it was necessary to apply more effective methods of stronger effect. A solution was found - to hit nuclei by such particles that, on the one hand, are small enough to penetrate into the nucleus, but, on the other hand, possess sufficient energy to disintegrate the nucleus. The discovery of radioactivity, obtaining the products of radioactive disintegration facilitated the discovery of such particles, which were called alpha particles. According to the official history of physics, the first artificial nuclear reaction (artificial transformation of nuclei) was performed in 1919 by a British physicist Ernest Reserford during the hitting of nitrogen nuclei with alpha particles (positively charged particles which are formed by two protons and two neutrons, that is by the nucleus of geliy- 4). As a result of the collision of particles the nuclear reaction took place as follows:
Using the example of this reaction, further we will view the process of detailed calculation of the amount of the phantom Po particles in the nuclei of atoms. Due to the computation of the amount of phantom Po particles, it is also possible to accurately verify the results of any nuclear reaction and to calculate, in a whole, the outcome of any nuclear transformations.
A nuclear reaction is a process during which atomic nuclei undergo transformation as a result of their interaction with elementary particles, nuclei of other atoms (in the present case under the name of atom the smallest part of a chemical element is meant). This process is accompanied by corpuscular and electromagnetic radiation. The sum of the charges and mass numbers of the original maternal nucleus and a particle that interacts with them is equal to the sum of the charges and the mass numbers of the newly formed nucleus and the particles produced by the reaction. In nature, the nuclear reactions occur under particular conditions. For example, according to the contemporary concepts, fusion reactions can occur naturally in the interior of stars and at a temperature of several million degrees. On Earth, the nuclear reactions often take place in the atmosphere and the lithosphere due to cosmic radiation and the activity of nuclear-active particles in the upper spheres of the Earth (the thermosphere and exosphere).
Today`s artificial nuclear reactions that are carried out by man, are conducted using a particular equipment. For example, some facilities (for instance, the particle accelerators) allow a so-called "hitting" of the nuclei of some elements by the nuclei of other elements or by speedy/rapid elementary particles. In this way, changes that take place in the nuclei are identified and elementary particles that are produced following this process.
The results of nuclear transformations are recorded in special formulas, that denote the nuclei of atoms which were involved in the reaction and which nuclei were produced as a result of it.
References: Широков Ю.М., Юдин Н.П. Ядерная физика (2-е изд.)[Shirokov, U.M., Udin, N.P. Nuclear physics (2nd edition)] Moscow: Nauka, 1980 [In Russian]; Заборенко К. Б. Метод радиоактивных индикаторов в химии: учебное пособие для хим. спец. вузов [Zaborenko, K.B. Method of radioactive indicators in chemistry: study guide for higher educational institutions specializing in chemistry] Moscow: Vysshaya shkola., 1964 [In Russian]; Mlađenović, Milorad. The History of Early Nuclear Physics (1896- 1931). World Scientific, 1992.
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- Reactions involving α-particles
- The formulas of nuclear reactions involving neutrons
- Formulas of photonuclear reactions
- The formulas of reaction of the carbon cycle (cn-cycle)
- Formulas of proton–proton chain reactions (pp-cycle)
- Here are the formulas of the reactions which are In the basis of a controlled thermonuclear fusion
- Formats of nuclear reactions recording
- The composition of the nucleus of the atom. A calculation of protons and neutrons
- Verification of known formulas and reactions
- Electron
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- Photon
- Allat
- The structure of the elementary particles
- Associative examples of process of ezoosmos, transmission and distribution energy and information
- Free energy
- Transmission and distribution of energy and information
- Process of Ezoosmos
- Ezoosmos
- Main differences between real and phantom Po particles
- Phantom Po particle
- Real (stationary) Po particle
- Septon field
- Ezoosmic membrane
- Ezoosmic cell
- Ezoosmic grid
- PRIMORDIAL ALLATRA PHYSICS definitions
- About non-material nature
- Human perception
- Elementary particles
- About the ether
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Re: how old is every one?
Hi! I am 25.. Middle Aged Rocker and Still rocking it with my band.. hehe. age doesnt matter with music..
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Hi! I am 25.. Middle Aged Rocker and Still rocking it with my band.. hehe. age doesnt matter with music..
T. C. here,
I'm 58 and I practice a lot. I have the time for myself since my boys are 23 and 21.
In the guitar stores in Pasadena and around L. A. the kids burn it up on guitars. I'm a rhythm guy myself. I play various genre's, a cornacopia of styles if you will. All songs taken off Chordie. I just started back in to scales, inspired by the kids who scream and soar.
The hot kids know all their Edward V. rifts etc. It's always been cut time at the guitar stores.
Music and surfing; (my other life long passion,) should bring the old and young together. I introduce myself to the younger kids and even sit out when they come into the custom sound proof room to jam so's I can learn. T.C. Canterbury Sierra Madre ca.
I don't remember if I ever posted to this thread or not, so if I didn't, let me just say I'm old enough to remember when "The Dead Sea" was just sick.
I'm 15, and just starting to learn guitar
34 going on 18
I'm heading into 61 in a few weeks and having more fun than ever. I picked up the guitar again after 35 years of trying to get on with life and thanks to chordie I have been able to play again. all I can say is, thank you all for the inspiration.
Sounds like the story of my life, except I'm 63. As long as we're still on the top side of the grass, who cares?
56 going on 21
Will be 60 in January - sometimes, in the morning while shaving, I look in the mirror and wonder who that old person (swear word removed by mod) staring back at me is...
I am 20
I don`t remember if I posted on this one either. But I`m 51. Also, I love being in my 50s. Playing hard rock and not caring what anyone thinks.
Fifty Two..........and wondering how the hell I managed to survive so long.....................:D
Wonder if anyone has thought of adding them up and working out the average age of a Chordie?
56....going on 20. I have the southern pacific regressive gene which allows you to feel younger as your body decays. Also known as senile delusion
I turned 50 a couple of months ago and that co-incided with joining a band that was formed for a local series of charity gigs in Bedfordshire, UK. I'd done some open mic and played drums when I was much younger but this was my first attempt at playing electric guitar in a band situation at the age of 50. We got through it - had a blast and have more gigs pencilled in. Moral ? It's never too late. regards to all. David
14. Been playing 2 years and not getting very far.
I am 34 with 30 years of boot camp too get to my age.
I don't have an electric guitar, but I'm 16 and have been playing acoustic for two years. Also, I love soup. I like to make it, and I like to eat it! I've loved soup ever since we enacted the story "Stone Soup" in kindergarten. I thought, "Wow, making food out of rocks--that rocks!"
I don't have an electric guitar, but I'm 16 and have been playing acoustic for two years. Also, I love soup. I like to make it, and I like to eat it! I've loved soup ever since we enacted the story "Stone Soup" in kindergarten. I thought, "Wow, making food out of rocks--that rocks!"
I remember the book "stone soup" when I was in kindergarten. That was 1965
Also I`m 52 now. When this topic first came out, I was 50.
65 years young in 1 months time and just about to get my pension. Perhaps I will buy another guitar but don't tell my wife.
Just joined chordie to get away from &*(% cluade jo^^^son, just got my first guitar - electric fender strat - and it loks like *I'm the oldest at 61* and surely the rank beginner. But I had 5 yrs on piano when a lad and still tickle the ivories.... and the uh, other ones too.
Be Here Now
Hello all,
when I first replied to this thread on 19/8/2009, I was 59, turning 60 in a couple of weeks.
Now I am 62 and turning 63 in a couple of weeks. How time gets away on a fellow. Does that now make me a senior, senior member?
Still singing, strumming and loving every minute of the trip.
All the best
Old enough to know better - but young enough to do it anyway! turned 62 in june.
I am 61 and back doing what i love, playing the guitar. i play as a hobby and dont play in a band. maybe one day. i am trying to learn theory and trying my best to understand why notes and chords work together. i have a Fender Strat and a Sigma Martin acoustic. Living the dream at 61 (physically);)
I thought I would jump in again. I am 61. Really enjoying my guitar and actually learning after all these years.
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The "Rector Peset" Residence Hall is located in the historic city centre of Valencia and takes up a restored stately manor, adapted in 1997. It provides residence preferably to members of the University of Valencia and has a capacity for 179 students and 70 teachers and researchers. It also provides human, cultural and scientific training for its residents and hosts a regular schedule of exhibitions, gigs and diverse academic and cultural activities. It has a computer room, two libraries, four television rooms, a gym with a solarium, an assembly hall, the Sala de la Muralla, a Seminar Room, a music and rehearsal room, a cafeteria and two dinning halls.
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text: Hello Craig, This just released article from LWN may shed some light on your IO performance issues with the 2.6 kernel: "Which is the fairest I/O scheduler of them all?" http://lwn.net/Articles/114770/ That is currently a subscriber only article, but will be available to all on December 16th. (I highly recommend a subscription, LWN is a fantastic resource.) You should look into which IO scheduler works best for your workload. The 2.6 kernel has a few to choose from... Also, you may be interested in the latest CentOS 3.3 distribution, since it has an actively supported x86_64 port. The upcoming cAos-2 distribution is also worth a look for x86-64 users... for info about both see: http://caosity.org/ On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:10:40 +0100 (CET), Bogdan Costescu <bogdan.costescu at iwr.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote: > On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Craig Tierney wrote: > > > I meant White Box distribution which is a rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise > > 3. It was an early release for Opteron and Itanium. Since then, > > the Gelato Foundation has taken over the rebuilds and should be > > available. > > I don't think that this is "official" WhiteBox Linux. Their web page > only mentions x86 and x86_86 architectures. They might even don't know > about it... ;-) > The guy that initially built WhiteBox x64_64 and ia64, Pasi Pirhonen, > is now their TaoLinux maintainer (along with s390(x)). > > > It isn't exact, but every single 2.6 based system I have tried > > has shown this problem. Every 2.4 based system has not shown this > > problem. > > It is indeed strange... > > > I primarily used lmdd to test the performance of the filesystem. All > > I care about is big streaming IO. > > ext3 and xfs (at least) care about the underlying sector size or RAID > stripe size. Have you paid attention to this when you formatted the > device (if you formatted after moving to the new computers) ? Do you > use something else between the physical device and the file-system, > like lvm (lvm1 in 2.4, lvm2 in 2.6) or software RAID ? > > > I did try sgpdd which accesses the device directly and I saw the > > same behavior. > > I never heard of this tool. A simple search also didn't found > anything. Care to provide a link ? > Could you run hdparm/zcav/dd/etc. reading directly from real SCSI > device (no lv*, md*) ? Yes, I know, some of these tools are not very > precise, but we're talking about almost an order of magnitude... > > > > -- > Bogdan Costescu > > IWR - Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Wissenschaftliches Rechnen > Universitaet Heidelberg, INF 368, D-69120 Heidelberg, GERMANY > Telephone: +49 6221 54 8869, Telefax: +49 6221 54 8868 > E-mail: Bogdan.Costescu at IWR.Uni-Heidelberg.De > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- Tim Mattox - tmattox at gmail.com - http://homepage.mac.com/tmattox/


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Laws, Regulations and Annotations
Business Taxes Law Guide – Revision 2024
Sales And Use Tax Law
Revenue and Taxation Code
Division 2. Other Taxes
Part 1. Sales and Use Taxes
Chapter 6. Collection of Tax
Article 1. Security for Tax
Section 6701
6701. Security. The board, whenever it deems it necessary to insure compliance with this part, may require any person subject thereto, to place with it such security that the board may determine. Any security in the form of cash, government bonds, or insured deposits in banks or savings and loan institutions shall be held by the board in trust to be used solely in the manner provided by this section and Section 6815. The amount of the security shall be fixed by the board but, except as noted below, shall not be greater than twice the estimated average liability of persons filing returns for quarterly periods or three times the estimated average liability of persons required to file returns for monthly periods, determined in the manner that the board deems proper, or fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), whichever amount is the lesser. In case of a person who, pursuant to Section 6070 of this part, has been given notice of hearing to show cause why his or her permit or permits should not be revoked, or a person whose permit or permits has been revoked or suspended, the amount of the security shall not be greater than three times the average liability of persons filing returns for quarterly periods or five times the average liability of persons required to file returns for monthly periods, or fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), whichever amount is the lesser. The limitations herein provided apply regardless of the type of security placed with the board. The amount of the security may be increased or decreased by the board subject to the limitations herein provided. Security held by the board shall be released after a three-year period in which the person has filed all returns and paid all tax to the state or any amount of tax required to be collected and paid to the state within the time required. The board may sell the security at public auction if it becomes necessary so to do in order to recover any tax or any amount required to be collected, interest, or penalty due. Notice of the sale may be served upon the person who placed the security personally or by mail; if by mail, service shall be made in the manner prescribed for service of a notice of a deficiency determination and shall be addressed to the person at his or her address as it appears in the records of the board. Upon any sale any surplus above the amounts due shall be returned to the person who placed the security.
History—Stats. 1945, p. 1725, operative July 1, 1945, added next to last sentence. Stats. 1947, p. 1557, operative July 1, 1947, added provision in second sentence limiting amount of security to three times estimated average liability of persons filing returns monthly. Stats. 1955, p. 1450, in effect September 7, 1955, substituted "place" and "placed" for "deposit" and "deposited", respectively, throughout section, added "except as noted below" in second sentence, and added third and fourth sentences. Stats. 1991, Ch. 236, in effect July 29, 1991, added the second sentence, and added "or her" after "him" in the fourth and eighth sentences. Stats. 1994, Ch. 903, in effect January 1, 1995, substituted "that" for "as" after "security" in the first sentence, substituted "the" for "such" after "determined in" and "that" for "as" after "manner" in the third sentence, and deleted former ninth sentence which provided, "Security in the form of a bearer bond issued by the United States or the State of California which has a prevailing market price may, however, be sold by the board at private sale at a price not lower than the prevailing market price thereof." Stats. 1996, Ch. 1087, in effect January 1, 1997, substituted "fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)" for "ten thousand dollars ($10,000)" in the third and fourth sentences, and added the seventh sentence.
Surety liable on bond.—Surety was held liable on a bond in effect prior to the termination of a prior bond by another surety when the subsequent bond stated the date of effectiveness and the surety collected the premium on the bond even though the board did not approve the bond until a later date, and the fact that both bonds total more than $10,000 did not preclude the board from asserting the claim against the subsequent bond. People v. Great American Ins. Co. (1963) 222 Cal.App.2d 552.
Duplicate notice to surety not required.—Plaintiff, an insurance company acting as surety for persons required to post security for payment of sales and use taxes, sought a refund of certain penalties paid by it on its bonds. Plaintiff contended that it was entitled to duplicate notice of tax determinations issued against its principals, so that it could make payment of the tax before the determinations become final and penalties were added thereto. The court, in affirming the judgment of the trial court, held that there is no constitutional compulsion for the state to give a duplicate notice to the surety; notice to the taxpayer is sufficient. Nor was this a situation requiring notice to the surety under Civil Code Section 2808, because the surety could have acquired notice of default from its principal through the exercise of due diligence. Lastly, the court held this was not an illegal agreement to indemnify a wrongdoer prohibited by Civil Code Section 2773, because here the indemnity was for the benefit of the State under a reasonable procedure to secure payment of revenue. American Fidelity Fire Insurance Co. v. State Board of Equalization (1973) 34 Cal.App.3d 51, cert. denied (1974) 415 U.S. 990.
Surety liable for penalties and interest on transactions occurring prior to cancellation of bond.—The State of California sought to enforce respondent's liability on a surety bond for penalties and interest assessed against respondent's principal subsequent to the effective date of the cancellation of the bond. The penalties and interest were assessed for transactions all of which had occurred prior to the cancellation date. The contract of surety provided that the surety could terminate its liability to the extent and in the manner set forth in Civil Code Section 2851, but that in no event would the surety be relieved from liability as respects transactions occurring before the effective date of cancellation of the bond. The surety contended that it was not liable for penalties and interest assessed subsequent to the cancellation of the bond since Civil Code Section 2851 provides that after the effective date of cancellation "… the surety is relieved of all liability which otherwise thereafter would arise on its bond." The court, observing that Section 2851 does not stand alone but must be applied to the contract of surety, held that respondent had waived the provisions of Civil Code Section 2851 and had agreed to be liable for the sums at issue. Since no public policy dictated that the agreement not be enforced, its terms were binding upon respondent. People v. Pacific Employers Ins. Co. (1973) 36 Cal.App.3d 296.
Surety not exonerated because of taxpayer's waiver.—A surety who had guaranteed the tax liability of the taxpayer was not exonerated of such liability because of a waiver signed by the taxpayer extending the time in which the Board might issue a delinquency determination. The language of the Board's standard guarantee form that "the surety's liability shall be coextensive with that of the taxpayer" overrides the provision of Civil Code Section 2819 exonerating a surety if the terms of the principals obligations are altered without the surety's consent. State Board of Equalization v. Carleton (1990) 223 Cal.App.3d 1607.
Bankruptcy.—Property held by the Board as security prior to the taxpayer's filing of a petition for reorganization pursuant to Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy law belongs to the bankruptcy estate and is not immune from the claims of general creditors. The Board violated the automatic stay in bankruptcy by cashing the certificate of deposit taken as security from the taxpayer. In re Sluggo's Chicago Style, Inc. (9th Cir., 1990) 912 F.2d 1073.


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Pronunciation: ên-ê-werz • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adverb
Meaning: 1. Without thinking, without being aware, inadvertently, unconsciously. 2. By surprise, suddenly and without warning. We are generally caught unawares by unusual things.
Notes: In this series I often mention that a Good Word adjective may be converted to an adverb "the usual way", by adding the suffix -ly. Today's word is an oddity: the adverb for unaware is formed by adding the ubiquitous suffix -s: unawares. This is so unusual, most dictionaries are now disposed to accept mundane unawarely as an option.
In Play: The first sense of today's word reveals a simple adverb for the adjective unaware: "Mother could make the greatest salmagundi unawares, but I can't make one as good with a recipe." The second meaning goes slightly astray from the first: "The financial crash of 2007 caught most of the world unawares, leaving many of us much the poorer."
Word History: Today's Good Word is a lexical palimpsest. If we remove the final -s, we are left with unaware, the negative of aware, which means "conscious, vigilant". Aware itself is an 'adjective-adverb' that occurs only in the predicate: "The lady was aware of . . ." but not "the aware lady". Most such words carry the prefix a-, e.g. afloat, asleep, aloft, as does aware. Remove that prefix and we come to a noun ware "alert, on guard" that hasn't been used for 500 years, even though its adjective, wary, is still around. We also find it in beware, which was originally two words: be ware, in the sense of "be wary".
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Notice Number: NOT-OD-11-030
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Release Date: December 10, 2010
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The purpose of this notice is to announce plans to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for a new program that will address the clinical research mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and will lead to better treatments for disease and to improvements in human health. The NIH funds research and research training at extramural institutions, as well as within the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP) to address this goal. However, these efforts can be hindered by barriers to clinical and translational research. Such barriers include limited research time for clinical investigators, increases in the length of time to independent careers, and access to hospital facilities and patient enrollments.
In an effort to address those barriers, the NIH has created the Lasker Clinical Research Scholars (Lasker Scholars) program that will offer applicants the opportunity to compete for a unique combination of extramural and intramural resources for clinical research. The program will support a small number of exceptional clinical researchers in the early stages of their careers to promote their development to fully independent positions. The program combines a period of research experience as a tenure-track Principal Investigator in the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP) with an opportunity for additional years of independent financial support, either within the IRP or at an extramural research institution.
The program honors the contributions of Mary and Albert Lasker to the National Institutes of Health and to the overall biomedical community. The Lasker Foundation will provide Scholars with the opportunity to participate in selected activities, including attendance at the Lasker Breakfast and Award Luncheon, and participation in annual scientific meetings.
The IRP currently supports approximately 1,200 tenured and tenure-track investigators, as well as 5,000 postdoctoral and student trainees. It provides full funding to its clinical researchers, and includes the NIH Clinical Center, the nation's largest hospital devoted entirely to clinical research. IRP clinician-scientists focus primarily on their research and research-related activities. Additional information about IRP science, policies and procedures can be found in the NIH Office of Intramural Research sourcebook at http://sourcebook.od.nih.gov/ .
Description of the Lasker Scholars ProgramThe Lasker Scholars program aims to support successful candidates in two phases. Applicants will respond to a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) associated with an initial period of support through a position in the Intramural Research Program. Selected scholars who successfully complete the initial phase will be able to remain within the IRP or apply for extramural grant funding in the second phase. The first phase will support scholars in the IRP for 5 years, with the possibility of an extension of this phase for an additional 2 years. Successful applicants for the Lasker Scholars Program will be appointed as independent tenure-track investigators within an NIH Institute or Center, a process that includes being hired as a full time employee at the NIH and completing the procedures required of new Federal government employees. The IRP will provide space, research expenses, full salary, and Federal employee benefits. Scholars will develop independent research activities over the course of their stay in the IRP, and will be formally reviewed by a panel of senior extramural investigators every 2-4 years to evaluate their research progress.
Upon successfully completing the initial IRP phase of the program, the Lasker Scholar will be eligible for two options in the second phase:
Option 1. Remain in the IRP with continued intramural funding and progression to tenured senior investigator status, if consistent with formal reviews and assessments. Retention in the IRP will be dependent on the development of a mutual agreement between the Scholar and the IRP. Tenure at the NIH requires evaluation and approval by the NIH Deputy Director for Intramural Research.
Option 2. Scholars who successfully complete at least five years in the first phase of the program can compete for an extramural research grant in the second phase of the program as an independent researcher. This option will allow successful investigators to leave the IRP to continue their research at an extramural institution. The grant for the second phase of the Lasker Scholars Program is expected to provide direct costs of up to $500,000/year (plus applicable Facilities and Administration (F&A) costs) for up to 4 or 5 years at the extramural institution. Scholars who choose to leave the Lasker program before completing 5 years of research in the IRP will not be eligible for extramural funding under the Lasker program but will be eligible for other extramural NIH research grants as announced in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts.
More details about the Lasker Scholars program will be provided in an FOA to be published in the NIH Guide within the next few weeks. Additional material also can be found on the Lasker Scholars Program website at http://www.nih.gov/science/laskerscholar.
Eligible applicants include physicians and dentists (including MD, MD/PhD, DO, DDS, DMD, or equivalent clinical doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution) and must have a professional license to practice in the U.S. The program is intended for investigators at the early stages of their careers. At the time the application for the initial IRP phase is submitted, applicants must be no more than 6 years from completion of their core residency training. Applicants will generally have completed or be completing a post-residency clinical fellowship, and will have demonstrated sufficient patient-oriented research experience to qualify for a tenure-track level appointment. Applicants do not have to be US citizens or permanent residents, although selected Scholars must qualify for and maintain appropriate visa/residency status throughout the program.
The candidate must obtain a full-time appointment at a U.S. academic institution in order to receive the extramural award in the second phase of the program.
Research Areas of InterestAs described in the forthcoming FOA, applications appropriate to the mission of any of the participating Institutes and Centers will be accepted. However, the IRP will give highest priority to those applications which propose research within the fields given below, listed by participating Institutes/Centers. Applicants are encouraged to discuss their proposed research with the Institute/Center contact person to determine the suitability of their research program for this initiative.
National Cancer Institute
Medical oncology, pediatric hematology-oncology, radiation oncology, surgical oncology, pathology, neuro-oncology, urology and dermatology
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National Eye Institute
Disease processes in immunological and genetic ocular disorders
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Blood research: chronic myeloproliferative disorders, hemeostasis, benign hematology
Pulmonary research: pulmonary interstitial disease, pulmonary hypertension
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Genomic medicine
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Development of medications for treatment of diseases/disorders of addiction
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Infectious diseases including TB, neglected tropical diseases, malaria, and hepatitis
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Metabolic diseases and neurogenetics; bone growth and skeletal dysplasia; endocrine oncology; regenerative medicine and stem cell biology; perinatal medicine; reproductive medicine; rehabilitative medicine
National Institute on Dental and Craniofacial Research
Oral and craniofacial function and dysfunction
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Development of medications for treatment of diseases/disorders of addiction
National Institute of Mental Health
Clinical neuroscience relevant to mental illness
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Stroke, movement disorders, neurogenetics, neuroimmunology, neurovirology
National Institute of Nursing Research
Molecular-genetic mechanisms that contribute to symptoms biology; discovery of novel mechanisms and development of investigational strategies for fatigue, chemotherapy-induced and diabetic peripheral neuropathy, chronic abdominal pain, fibromyalgia, traumatic brain injury, and sickle cell disease pain; integrative medicine
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Traumatic brain injury, imaging sciences (including PET and novel ligand development), cellular therapies in transfusion medicine, use of mass spectroscopy in clinical chemistry and microbiological diagnosis
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Charles R. Dearolf, Ph.D.
Assistant Director for Intramural Research
National Institutes of Health
Building 1, Room 152
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Welcome to "Ask the White House" -- an online interactive forum where you can submit questions to Administration officials and friends of the White House. Visit the "Ask the White House" archives to read other discussions with White House officials. |
March 12, 2004
Pat Harrison Greg, from St. Germaine, Wisconsin
writes: Yes, I'm a cynic. I don't believe they are very grateful for what we've done. Patricia Harrison So last September I traveled to Iraq for the express purpose of listening to the Iraqi people. I saw for myself the thriving market place, schools reopened, electricity working and steady infrastructure improvements. I met with rectors from universities, women community and academic leaders, cultural organizations and listened as they talked about life under Saddam's dictatorship. One woman said to me--for those people who say he was a bad person but.... there are no buts. We were living in the equivalent of an insane asylum not knowing if our children, our husbands, our sisters would survive from day to day." We also heard that because they suffered so long under Saddam they hoped we, the Americans, would have a "magic wand" and be able to fix everything over night. We told them we have no magic wand but together we can work to help them work to renew their country and their lives. Why are exchanges important? In the case of Iraq, they provide young men and women with the chance to reconnect to civil societies, to observe what it really means to support the non negotiable demands of human dignity, how a free press functions, how a country such as the United States, a faith based country, works to ensure that people of all faiths are free to worship. The Iraqis have been living in a cauldron of hate for so many years--and it is taking time for them to trust again.
Are they grateful? What I can tell you is what the Iraqis in Baghdad and the Iraqis who come here on our programs told me: "Thank you. Please don't abandon us." Susan, from Baghdad writes: 2.) Your bureau at the State Department recently brought the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra to the States to play at the Kennedy Center. Why are those kinds of cultural exchanges in the long term best interests of American taxpayers? Patricia Harrison Great to hear from you. My perspective on the terrorist attacks in Iraq has certainly been shaped by what happened yesterday in Spain. European, Canadian and Brazilian papers are saying that terrorism is now an evil and an issue for all of Europe. And others are saying what we know that this is not about pursuing concrete goals but about causing chaos, suffering and cruelty. I can say, after talking to Iraqi men and women who have come here on our exchange programs that they are resolute in fighting terrorism within their own country and they and we together with our partners will prevail. The war on terrorism means that average people -- people of goodwill recognize that terror is our common enemy. And what we can do together is find our common good. Our common good lies in the rule of law. Respect for the rights of women; the non-negotiable demands of human dignity; respect for differences in religion; We are going to see more and more Iraqis such as the brave men and women who have joined the Iraqi police force, Iraqi teachers, Iraqi community leaders, Iraqi parents "say no more not in my country because this is now my country." Your second question in terms of my bureau bringing the Iraq National Symphony Orchestra to the US to perform with our National Symphony Orchestra was symbolic of the power of cultural exchanges. As we connect with people from music to art through our mutual humanity beyond the need for translation. And you ask a very good question, Susan, "why are these kinds of cultural exchanges in the long term best interest of American taxpayers?" They are in the best interest because they represent people to people diplomacy and opportunity for us to know one another and understand we all have the same desires for our children, our lives, and our community.
And what we are doing through these exchanges is basically recruiting people of good will in this ongoing war against the forces of evil. Vincent, from Franklin County, Ohio writes: Patricia Harrison This is not an either-or proposition. I met with our American men and women soldiers when I was in Iraq. As a matter of fact, one of them -- a young woman reservist from Michigan -- was working in her "spare time" with the Baghdad museum to help them as they began to identify artifacts returning to the museum. I asked her "why did she think this was important?" And she said, "Saddam Hussein took everything away from these people. The most important thing was their culture. I'm helping working with Iraqis and as I do this, we are showing respect for their history and then I have a chance for Iraqis to ask me questions about my family in the United States. And that's why I'm doing this as a volunteer." I can't say enough about the men and women I met in our armed forces. It is very important that they are safe, that they have the equipment they need, but at the same time they realize how important it is for them to connect to everyday Iraqi citizens.
And so we have our soldiers collecting books, coaching soccer games, and showing the Iraqis the true spirit of America. Zack, from Los Angeles writes: Patricia Harrison We have also an exchange comprising museum specialists who will, after training and meeting with peers in this country, help Iraqis reconnect with their own culture which had been diminished and subverted under Hussein.
A group of Iraqi men and women just arrived to study democracy issues as they look at roles for women in government and overall as the President says: the non-negotiable demands of human dignity, respect for law, building a civil society, respect for the rights of women. Harold, from Boca Raton, Florida writes: Patricia Harrison So much has been written and discussed about the negativity of American culture and what sometimes gets lost is the positive aspect of our very dynamic culture. Culture connect is a program I started right after September 11, 2001 to enable Americans to travel to other countries and talk to young people. We need to reach a younger population beyond the elites and this program enables young people throughout the world to have a conversation with average Americans who have achieved in their chosen professions. It is designed to connect well-known American artists, musicians, athletes and other cultural icons with students from around the world. Talented Americans like Yo-Yo Ma, Tracy McGrady, Denyce Graves and Wynton Marsalis have volunteered their time to be our "Cultural Ambassadors", and to meet with aspiring actors and musicians in countries around the globe. During their travels, they hold "master classes" for students, and then follow up with the individuals they meet through a website chatroom like the one we're on now. This program emphasizes our goal of reaching out to younger people to begin to build mutual understanding between the US and people of other countries at earlier ages.
Currently we have 10 CultureConnect Ambassadors, and we are in the process of identifying our next group of Ambassadors. For information on this program, and how you can get involved, go to our website, cultureconnect.state.gov. Steve, from Rappahannock County VA writes: Patricia Harrison You are not being crass. The reason why Americans should care about exchange programs is so that our children and even ourselves are not put in jeopardy through people who want nothing more than to destroy us and our way of life. How can exchange programs can make a difference? And let me tell you what I know from meeting with the men and women who come to this country not only from Iraq but worldwide. The first thing they do is tell me about what they know now about the American people. They discover we have a very big heart; that we volunteer even though we are holding down full time jobs; that we care about our neighbor; that we are a faith based country of very many faiths; and they talk about how surprised they are to see the diversity -- the many religions and races getting along on a day to day basis. Why does this matter? Because when they return to their own country, they decide to try to duplicate within their own culture what they have learned here. One young woman said when she returned to her country -- Turkmenistan -- she was going to start a shelter for battered women and she was not going to take no for an answer. One of the Iraqi fulbrighters said, "you have opened the gates for my future, I will go back to my country and create a perfect society. I will not fail." The power of exchanges is not one-sided. Americans are able to meet with average men and women and recognize what we all have in common -- love of family and a desire to live in peace and freedom.
In the long run, I believe as one of our exchange participants said, "these programs are the answer to global terrorism." Josh, from Maryland writes: Patricia Harrison This is something we think about a lot. Our exchanges are designed to strengthen the culture of other countries and to enhance the person's ability to build within their own country -- working for a civil society. Culture is the heart and soul of a people and that is why Saddam Hussein wanted the Iraqi people to turn their backs on basically 10,000 years of civilization and view him as the centerpiece of Iraqi culture. We are helping Iraqis reconnect to their own culture. But let me tell you what some of our Fulbrights from Iraq have said while they are here in this country. They are adjusting to our culture and they are often caught in funny situations. One of the Fulbrighters said, "The food in America is only cheese, cheese, cheese and everything has sugar." He is finding places that are serving more rice. Although they might not miss American food when they leave, Singary said he will miss the services for the disabled. He said he hopes one day what disabled people get here will be available in Iraq. Another Fulbrighter named Mohammed said the one thing he noticed about America is the strength and the power of the law. Mohammed went on to say, "Almost all Iraqis are grateful for liberating them from the prison. We are more optimistic after signing the Constitution
They are enjoying their time in America, are eager to learn as much as they can about a system of government they hope will create stability and unity in their country. Reece, from Sylvan Beach, New York writes: Patricia Harrison Measurement is very important. And my Bureau has a system of evaluation and measurement that has been in place for several years. But beyond the academic measurement of these programs, we also have a track record personified by our alumni. People like the President of Afghanistan, President Karzai, the Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair, President of Indonesia Megawati Sukarnoputri -- these are all alumni of our programs and in fact among our alumni are presidents, poets, community leaders, journalists, government officials -- all people of goodwill extending their exchange experience and working for peace, prosperity and democracy within their own countries.
We have over 700,000 alumni of these exchange programs and they are a force for good wherever they live.
I am so encouraged by these questions and encouraged that so many
people are focused on what we are doing with the Iraqi people and
people of goodwill throughout the world. Thanks. I hope to do this
Pat Harrison |


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London area of Bankside guide
What to do and where to stay in London's Bankside neighbourhood
Five hundred years ago, Bankside was like Soho is today, a bustling, bawdy place, full of taverns, theatres, and seedier pursuits. Though it has cleaned up its act considerably since then, one of those theatres has risen from the grave, and now the timber and plaster of Shakespeare's Globe again fills with eager theatregoers with a few hotels nearby for a convenient weekend jaunt. Just to the north, another ancient feature has found a new lease of life. One of the best views in London can be had from the middle of the Millennium Bridge, with the giant dome of St. Paul's forming a perfect counterpoint to the 99-metre chimney of Tate Modern, Britain's best modern art gallery.
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Located in High Holborn, Rosewood London is the most luxurious hotel in the area and is nearby to the capital's main business district and a number ... More
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56 Park Street, Bankside, London SE1
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8 Borough Market, Southwark Street, Bankside, London SE1
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And as the special free-gift-inside part of his Presidential nomination bid, arch-conservative Newt Gingrich has decided that we can all go to the moon. There will, he says, be a permanent US base there – by the end of his second term.
It's great to have ambitions, isn't it? It's great especially to invest in technology and humanity's future, to discover, to spurn the surly bonds of Earth and so on. Yes, these are great things.
But what is also good is having a President who isn't out of his ****ing mind.
Constructing a base on the moon would be, by far, the greatest material undertaking ever attempted by humans, requiring many lunar missions just to ferry up enough materials and equipment. Essentially it's the same problem as building the International Space Station all over again. Remember how long that took? Only it will have to be considerably larger and safer because missions there will be many times more expensive and therefore infrequent. And before that construction can even begin, they need a spacecraft. Something capable of carrying a far greater payload than the Apollo/Saturn vehicle of the 60s will have to be designed, built and tested. All while America doesn't appear to be drowning in unneeded cash.
And all, unless Gingrich has some secret plan to usurp the constitution – "My Presidency ends when I'm on the Moooooon!" – within eight years. That's nuts. It's just crazy stuff he's saying because he's getting desperate. Or possibly, desperate stuff he's saying because he's going crazy.
Yet I hope he wins the nomination. That way, the next US Presidential election will be between Obama and him – which is the closest we're ever going to get to straight Good versus Evil. And as war between good and evil is a sign of the End Times, it will herald the return of Christ – whereupon all the Christian Fundamentalists will discover they're on the wrong side. Which will be a laugh.
Related articles
- Newt's Right: We Should Build A Permanent Moon Base (forbes.com)
- Gingrich: "I'm Going to Colonize the Moon" (weeklyworldnews.com)


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